Synonyms for curse
kɜrscurse

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1. cursenoun

   Antonyms:
   bless

2. cursenoun

   To place a curse upon (a person or object).

   Antonyms:
   bless

3. cursenoun

   To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet at someone or something.

   Antonyms:
   bless

4. curseverb

   To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.

   Antonyms:
   bless

5. curseverb

   Synonyms:
   swear

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1. curse

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

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1. cursenoun

   Synonyms:
   malediction, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, bane, blight

   Antonyms:
   blessing, benediction, joy, crown, glory

2. curseverb

   Synonyms:
   execrate

   Antonyms:
   bless

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1. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cussnoun

   profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

   "expletives were deleted"

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, whammy, feller, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, bloke, jinx, oath, fella, lad, blighter, pest, fellow, gent, execration, gadfly, cuss, chap, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment

   Antonyms:
   bless

2. execration, condemnation, cursenoun

   an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

   Synonyms:
   abomination, whammy, condemnation, expletive, abhorrence, swearing, curse word, bane, jinx, scourge, oath, sentence, judgment of conviction, nemesis, execration, cuss, conviction, swearword, odium, detestation, disapprobation, hex, loathing, torment

   Antonyms:
   bless

3. hex, jinx, curse, whammynoun

   an evil spell

   "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

   Synonyms:
   whammy, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, jinx, oath, execration, cuss, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, jonah

   Antonyms:
   bless

4. bane, curse, scourge, nemesisnoun

   something causing misery or death

   "the bane of my life"

   Synonyms:
   whammy, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, flagellum, jinx, oath, execration, cuss, threat, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, terror

   Antonyms:
   bless

5. curse, tormentverb

   a severe affliction

   Synonyms:
   bedevilment, whammy, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, jinx, oath, badgering, worrying, execration, cuss, harassment, agony, torture, swearword, nemesis, anguish, bane, hex, torment

   Antonyms:
   bless

6. curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecateverb

   utter obscenities or profanities

   "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

   Synonyms:
   maledict, excommunicate, affirm, blaspheme, trust, swan, imprecate, anathemize, beshrew, bedamn, damn, aver, assert, avow, anathemise, cuss, swear, depose, depone, unchurch, bank, rely, verify

   Antonyms:
   bless

7. curseverb

   heap obscenities upon

   "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

   Synonyms:
   bedamn, excommunicate, unchurch, beshrew, imprecate, anathemize, anathemise, blaspheme, damn, maledict, swear, cuss

   Antonyms:
   bless

8. curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledictverb

   wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

   "The bad witch cursed the child"

   Synonyms:
   bedamn, maledict, excommunicate, blaspheme, anathematize, imprecate, anathemize, beshrew, execrate, damn, comminate, anathematise, anathemise, cuss, swear, accurse, unchurch

   Antonyms:
   bless

9. excommunicate, unchurch, curseverb

   exclude from a church or a religious community

   "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

   Synonyms:
   unchurch, excommunicate, bedamn, beshrew, imprecate, anathemize, anathemise, blaspheme, damn, maledict, swear, cuss

   Antonyms:
   bless

Matched Categories

1. • Abuse
   • Affliction
   • Exclude

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. curseverb

   Synonyms:
   execrate, anathematize, denounce, invoke or imprecate evil upon

2. curseverb

   Synonyms:
   utter curses

3. cursenoun

   Synonyms:
   malediction, anathema, execration, imprecation, fulmination, denunciation, ban

4. cursenoun

   Synonyms:
   scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble, vexation, annoyance, bitter pill, thorn in the side

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1. cursenoun

   Synonyms:
   denunciation, anathema, ban, malediction, execration, imprecation, fulmination, malison, maranatha, torment, plague, scourge, affliction

2. curseverb

   Synonyms:
   anathematize, execrate, fulminate, denounce, condemn

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1. List of paraphrases for "curse":

   curses, scourge, cursing, bane, spell, omen, calamity, fate, doom, swear, affliction, frightful

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1. List of known nicknames for "Curse":

   Michael S. Kurth, Michael Hansen

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1. Oprah Winfrey:

   Anyone whos ever met him is always amazed by what a genuine gentleman he is, hes so positive. Wants the best for me and everyone he knows. Truly wishes people well. Doesnt curse... Never have I heard him gossip or say a negative thing about anyone.

2. Jon Krakauer:

   People told me, ‘Movies never get made.Take the money. What do you have to lose? i curse myself for selling it at all. What I learned from the TV movie was that dramatic films take dramatic license, and when you sign a document, you can do whatever you want with me. It wasn’t worth the money I got.

3. Jean Louise:

   Good Lord, Aunty, maycomb knows I didn't wear anything but overalls till I started having the Curse.

4. Seneca, Letters to Lucilius V:

   Fear keeps pace with hope. Nor does their so moving together surprise me; both belong to a mind in suspense, to a mind in a state of anxiety through looking into the future. Both are mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present. Thus it is that foresight, the greatest blessing humanity has been given, is transformed into a curse.

5. Noah Lyles:

   We were all motivated to do something special and it just happened, everybody wanted it, we all wanted to break the curse, a generational curse and bring on a new era.